Iran Disquieted by Nearby U.S. Presence
/Iran's defense minister expressed his government's disquiet about the
U.S. troop presence in neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan and hinted
that some Iranian generals believe they should strike first if they
sense an imminent U.S. threat. In an interview with pan-Arab satellite
channel Al-Jazeera, Ali Shamkhani was asked how Iran would respond if
America were to attack its nuclear facilities. "We will not sit to wait
for what others will do to us," he said. "There are differences of
opinion among military commanders (in Iran). Some commanders believe
preventive operations is not a model created by Americans ... or is not
limited to Americans. Any nation, if it feels threatened, can resort to
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